13134. Misbranding of coffee.     U.  S. v. 5 Cases,  etal., of Coffee.     Consent
decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond. (F. & D. Nos. 19807, 19817, 19849. I. S. Nos. 20512-v, 20513-v, 
20514-v, 20516-v, 20531-v, 20532-Y.     S. NOS. W-1643, W-1647, W-1682.)
Oh February 18 and March 2, 1925, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 33 cases, each containing a 
number of cans, of coffee, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by J. A. Folger & Co., 
from San Francisco, Calif., between the dates of February 9 and February 26, 
1925, and transported from the State of California into the State of Washing- 
ton, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended. A portion of the article was labeled: (Can) " Folger's Golden Gate 
Coffee 2% Lbs. Net Weight" (or "2 Lbs. Net Weight") "J. A. Folger & Co." 
The remainder of the said article was labeled: (Can) "Shasta Steel Cut 
Coffee 5 Lbs. Net Weight" (or "1 Lb. Net Weight") "J. A. Folger & Co."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statements " 2y2 Lbs. Net Weight," " 5 Lbs. Net Weight," " 1 Lb. Net Weight," 
and " 2 Lbs. Net Weight," as the case might be, borne on the respective- 
sized cans containing the said article, were false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was food in 
package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicu- 
ously marked on the outside of the packages.
On or about March 4, 1925, J. A.- Folger & Co., San Francisco, Calif., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented 
to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were en-
tered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the 
said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution 
of bonds in the aggregate sum of $1,500, in conformity with section 10- of the 
act, conditioned in part that it be repacked under the supervision of this 
department so as to comply with the law.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.